Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 317 Jiangxi
"Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan Wang Deren anyway, the whole province has recovered."

When the good news was delivered to Zhu Yihai, he had just retreated from Haizhou to Huai'an, and the demolition team of the Northern Expedition continued to demolish it with all their strength, trying to create a new beginning without city defense in Xuhuai.

"Wan Qing is really courageous, and Mr. Jiang Ge is also commendable." After reading the detailed report, Zhu Yihai also showed joy, a rare joy.

In fact, he has been concerned about the situation in Jiangxi and arranged for it a long time ago. Let Zhang Guowei, Zhang Mingyang and others reinforce Ganzhou, and also make Ganzhou a strategic hub.As a matter of fact, since Zhu Yihai's Dalong strategy was implemented, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Huguang counterattacked across the board, which made the green battalion in the south of the Yangtze River take care of one thing and lose another, and could not gather to attack Ganzhou.

However, compared with Huguang, the situation in Jiangxi has always been a bit slow.

Anyway, before Jin Shenghuan and the others, the eight prefectures of Fuzhou, Raozhou, Yuanzhou, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ruizhou, Guangxin, and Jianchang were basically still in the hands of the Qing army.

In fact, Zhang Guowei and the others only stabilized Ganzhou, recovered Nan'an and Ji'an, and began to march towards Fuzhou and Jianchang.

Zhang Guowei, Wanji, Jiang Riguang and the others were not overconfident in their military affairs and quickly moved northward, but they were able to grasp the conflict between Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong at this time.

Huguang opened high and whispered, Zhu Dadian underestimated the enemy in the early stage, failed to stabilize the basic market first, and expanded blindly. The Wuzhong claimed to have an army of 50, but they were defeated thousands of miles under the city of Wuchang.

On the contrary, Zhang Guowei and the others were not in a hurry to go north after being stationed in Ganzhou. Instead, they fought steadily. First, they appeased and united a group of Ming Dynasty officials and troops in Ganzhou, and even many barbarian tribes in the mountainous areas. Zhang Guowei brought [-] Yiwu recruits. Take another five thousand.

They used these soldiers over there, plus the official soldiers of Yang Tinglin, Wanji, Li Yongmao, and Liu Tongsheng, to reorganize the army.

Yang Tinglin is a native of Linqing, Jiangxi. He was originally a Jinshi in Chongzhen, and later edited for Hanlin. Because of the impeachment of Yang Sichang, he was appointed as the head of the Ministry of War. He praised military affairs in Lu Xiangsheng's army. Lu Xiangsheng died in battle. His friend Huang Daozhou was convicted and sent to prison, and he was imprisoned again. Yang resigned and returned home to give lectures in the village.

At the end of Chongzhen's reinstatement, he was in charge. Before he took office, Beijing fell. Chongzhen hanged himself. Yang Tinglin wept and became the king of soldiers and Fu Wangli. Someone falsely accused him of recruiting troops and buying horses for a conspiracy. He was forced to disband the army and horses. , all prefectures and counties have attached themselves.

Yang Tinglin resolutely raised the flag of righteousness with his friends Yushan Zhanhan, Jishui Liu Tongsheng, Ganjiang Governor Li Yongmao, etc., established a loyalty society, and recruited loyal warriors from all directions.

They quickly raised more than 2 horses, and persuaded the gentry to raise a lot of money and food, and stood firm in Ganzhou.

When the Qing army was preparing to transfer the Qing army from Anhui and Jiangnan to attack Ganzhou, Zhu Yihai sent Huang Daozhou, Zhang Guowei and others into Anhui and Jiangxi, disrupting the Qing army's plan.

After Zhang Guowei arrived in Ganzhou, he read the decree of the supervisory state, appointed Yang Tinglin as the governor of Jiangxi, Liu Tong was promoted to the inspector of Jiangxi, Li Yongmao was still the governor of Southern Jiangxi, and Wanji was the governor of Jiangxi.

Zhang Guowei reorganized the more than 1 horsemen they brought with them, together with the more than [-] volunteers from the Loyal Society recruited by Yang Tinglin and others, and reorganized them according to the battalion system of the imperial camp.

The sixteenth battalion of the supervisory division, the tenth battalion of the promotion, the sixth battalion of the two governors, and the third battalion of the three towns and the three battalions of the Southern Jiangxi General Army, etc., have compiled a total of fifty battalions of soldiers, a total of [-] Five war soldiers and nine thousand auxiliary soldiers.

The entire army is trained to build ordnance.

He also sent people from the Jianchang mountain area to recruit four towns including Dedongman and Zhang'an, and gained 4 troops. Zhang An was brave and good at fighting, and his subordinate Mandong was even more brave, so he was named Longwu New Army.

Afterwards, the censor Chen Jin arrived with [-] Yunnan soldiers, and another [-] wolf soldiers from Guangxi. Brother Liu Yuansheng, who was formerly the head of the Ministry of War and assisted in the military affairs of Southern Jiangxi, also led the troops back.

For a time, Nangan also claimed to have [-] soldiers.

When Yang Tinglin, Wanji, Liu Yuansheng, Li Yongmao, Zhang An, etc. repeatedly asked to send troops northward quickly, Zhang Guowei could still hold back his temper, insisted on continuing to reorganize and train troops, and even strongly demanded that the new arrivals, barbarians The soldiers and others were also reorganized and commanded together.

Under his insistence, the Ganzhou Ming army finally reorganized a hundred battalions, a total of [-] combat soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The rest of the old and weak did not stay to fill up, but were dismissed.

After that, he practiced and fought, and used small-scale troops in Ji'an and Jianchang. He was cautious, but he also won repeatedly.

It has to be said that if Zhang Guowei had agreed to the request of the generals in Ganzhou and hurriedly led the hundreds of thousands of horses all the way north to attack Nanchang, he would have been defeated just like Zhu Dadian.

One is that there are too many soldiers without reorganization, different orders, mixed good and bad, and uneven armaments. Too many soldiers can't even supply food and grass. Expeditions to Nanchang can easily cause problems.

Another unintegrated multi-channel team is also very likely to flee after being defeated by the Qing army and cause a complete defeat.

After all, whether it is the loyal army, the new Longwu army, or even the wolf soldiers, Yunnan soldiers, volunteers, etc., there are not many generals who can fight, especially the lack of faith.

After all, Zhang Guowei has been supervising the Qiantang River defense line in eastern Zhejiang for a long time, and he has some experience in integrating troops and horses. Not to mention Zhang Mingyang, the admiral who succeeded Wang Zhiren and rushed to Ganzhou, followed Zhu Yihai all the way to the northern expedition to Susong and won many battles. General of the Imperial Battalion.

He knew very well that although the chaotic army looked too large, it could not be used, and it had to be integrated.

Therefore, I would rather disperse the five thousand soldiers I brought, just to be able to stand up the skeleton, and there are eight thousand Dongyang simple recruits, and then supplemented by barbarians, wolf soldiers and some former officers and soldiers, so that some old soldiers will be oiled. The sons were dismissed, and after nearly three months of training and fighting, it was barely enough to pull out the hundred battalions.

Although the armor rate, firearms, and even coordination are far from enough, at least there is a bit of a new army in the imperial camp.

Zhang Guowei's strategy did not quickly push to the city of Jiujiang in Nanchang, but at least they ensured that Ganzhou's basic position was not lost, and they also eroded Ji'an and Jianchang to the north.

Sharpening a knife does not cut firewood by mistake.

When Zhu Dadian's aggressive tactics failed, Jiangxi was still doing well.

Even in the end, through the tactics of alienation and instigation, Jiangxi was successfully taken down, and [-] new soldiers were added.

"Inspector Zhang didn't hear any more good news, so I thought they got lost in the mountainous area of ​​Gannan." Several imperial ministers laughed.

Zhu Yihai held his breath all the time and didn't urge Zhang Guowei too much. Originally, it was his strategy to play steadily and steadily.

"It is not easy for Governor Zhang to be in Jiangxi. Southern Jiangxi is remote. It is not easy to appease the people, integrate the new army, and train the troops. Especially the money, food and supplies are even more scarce. He is always afraid that he will not be able to calm down, especially After the collapse of Huguang, I was most worried about Jiangxi. Fortunately, it is finally blossoming and bearing fruit!"

The situation in Jiangxi is the kind of situation that has been silent and then suddenly exploded.

"Your Highness, in Jiangxi's current situation, what should we do next?"

Zhu Yihai knew that what they were asking was war or defense.

For a long time, Zhu Yihai did not advocate a frontal offensive and defensive battle with the Qing army too early, and advocated guerrilla warfare while avoiding reality, but this was also opposed by many people, and some people even thought that Zhu Yihai was cowardly and afraid of fighting.

If Zhu Yihai hadn't been on the front line to fight the Qing Dynasty, he would have been labeled as fatuous, weak or even running away.

Now the lake is vast and collapsed, and Changsha is lost.

Instead, Jiangxi blossomed.

Zhu Yihai also sighed.

If Huguang is undefeated and can completely smash the upper reaches and demolish the important towns of Jingxiang and Wuchang, then it will be difficult for the Qing army to gain a foothold in the upper reaches, and the two important towns of Jiangxi Jiujiang and Nanchang in the lower reaches of it can also be defended.

But now that the upper reaches of Huguang have been completely defeated, Jiangxi is not easy to defend.

But if you just give up like this, then the upstream Huguang will have even less support to rely on if it wants to stabilize and turn around.

This put Zhu Yihai in a dilemma. He thought it would be wise not to confront the Qing army head-on for the time being. After Nanchang Jiujiang was captured, it could be dismantled first.

The Qing army came and retreated first, unless he stayed in the city of Nanchang, Jiujiang, but even if they were willing to stay in the city, they always needed food, grass, equipment and supplies, so the Ming army could make a fuss outside.

But he still has to consider Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and even Dongman Zhang An, who are newly recruited to surrender. They account for half of the Jiangxi army, and some guest troops who are reinforcements from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Fujian also have to be considered.

Now Jin Shenghuan is asked to give up Nanchang and Jiujiang and let them go to fight guerrillas. I guess they will not accept it. They will think that this is an attempt to take away their territory.

"In this way, Wang Deren guards Jiujiang, Jin Shenghuan guards Nanchang, and transfers Zhang An to guard Nankang."

"Inspector Zhang sits in Zhangshu Town, Linjiang, and Zhang Mingyang leads a group of people westward to Hunan to help put down the rebellion."

This arrangement actually divides Jiangxi's soldiers into three divisions. One is Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and others who belonged to the Qing army. The largest local army was sent to northern Jiangxi for reinforcements.

The supervisor Zhang Guowei will lead a team to garrison Jiangxi, and establish a second line of defense to keep the Ming army and Jin Shenghuan at a certain distance, lest they worry about being annexed by the Ming army.

Zhang Mingzhen took guest soldiers from Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and some Jiangxi soldiers to Hunan to assist in countering the rebellion.

Jiangxi is divided into two parts, north and south.

Northern Jiangxi used these newly attached soldiers to guard the city, while southern Jiangxi was guarded by Zhang Guowei.

The two armies temporarily kept their distance.

Under the current circumstances, it is not suitable for Zhang Guowei to immediately go north to Nanchang to reorganize Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren's troops, and even Zhang An's new Longwu Army.

So it's better to gather them together and put them in the north. On the surface, it is to divide the defense, but in fact, it is to attract Huguang to teach them a lesson, and at the same time, it also means to use them to defend against the Qing army.

"Give Jin Shenghuan the Marquis of Nanchang, Admiral Jiangxi's Chief Military Officer, Wang Deren Jiujiang Marquis, Jiujiang's Chief Military Officer, and Zhang An as Nankang Marquis, Nankang Chief Military Officer."

"The standard battalions of the three towns are five thousand each, and the deputy generals of the Second Association are placed in each, with two thousand each."

Zhu Yihai gave each of the three men [-] troops as payment.

"Just let them guard northern Jiangxi? Can they keep it?" Chen Qianfu asked suspiciously.

"We have to let them try first, otherwise they won't be willing to evacuate. Let them divide up their troops to guard the important town in northern Jiangxi, and then Governor Zhang can cooperate on the periphery."

"Wanji's bidding can also be supported."

Even though he said so, Zhu Yihai was not very optimistic about those surrendered generals, but just as he said, let them try, otherwise they would not be willing to give up these territories.

Then it's better to let them defend, and when they can't defend or lose a lot, Zhang Guowei can let them retreat or go to reinforce, and they can take advantage of the situation to reorganize these towns.

"Tell Governor Zhang, don't have too much hope for them, step up the reorganization and training of soldiers and horses, and stockpile food, grass and equipment. This battle will ultimately have to be fought by ourselves."

(End of this chapter)